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ripen better and earlier out of doors than the Black 

 Hamburgh. The leaves are variously cut, and they 

 dye to a yellow colour, not red. 



The Chasselas de Fontainebleauis a good out-of-doors 

 white grape, The bunches are long, loose-shouldered, 

 sometimes compact and cylindrical, the grapes large, 

 and generally round, firm, juicy, and sweet. It is 

 hardy and productive, and ripens its grapes with 

 certainty. Against a south wall it ripens in September, 

 and in a favourable season the bunches will hang on 

 the vine until November. The leaves are middle-sized, 

 roundish, with an open base, slightly and regularly 

 lobed, smooth on both sides, pale green, and becoming 

 yellow late in the autumn. 



The August Muscat, or Muscat d'Aout, is a deep 

 purple grape, rich and juicy, with a slight Muscat 

 flavour, ripening on a wall out of doors, about the end 

 of August. The grapes are of medium size, inclining 

 to oval, and the vine has a dwarf habit of growth, 

 which fits it very well for pot-culture. It is rather 

 delicate. 



The Sweetwater is the best-known, and most gene- 

 rally grown, of all out-of-doors grapes. The bunches 

 grow very thick and clustering, and if the weather 

 be at all unfavourable when the vine is in flower, 

 they are bafdly formed, with numerous very small 

 fruit crowded in them. The bunches are middle-sized, 

 and the grapes are very juicy and sweet, but not high- 

 flavoured. It ripens well on a south wall in dry, warm 

 seasons. The wood is short-jointed. 



The Black Hamburgh ripens against a wall, in a 

 favourable situation. The bunches are large, broa' 

 shouldered, conical, and well set; the grapes rather 

 oval, deep blue black, with a rich bloom, very juicy, 

 sweet, and full-flavoured. The vine is a good bearer, 

 and the bunches are regularly formed and handsome, 

 and will hang long. In autumn the foliage fades 

 off to green and yellow. It is a good sort for all 

 purposes. 



The Black Prince is another dark grape, which will 



